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mirosol wrote:Here. Attached.
And the pots measure:
-Distortion 100K log
-Low 50K lin
-Mid 2K lin
-High 25K lin
-Volume 50K log

I don't have any idea what that pink thing is. It reads 8n6 capacitance and 165K resistance when measured in the circuit. Bands are looking like green-green-red-black-brown.

This does have a lot in common with Krank Distortius Maximus on the topology, but it isn't 1:1 enough to call it a clone.

J0K3RX wrote:The paint or sticker or whatever that is looks good but the insides look like an 85 year old with a neurological condition soldered it for spare bingo money... And the boards look like they were etched by the same 85 year old man with a pocket knife... If I were to buy one of these and open it up (which would be the first thing I would do) I would think this must be a counterfeit! But oh no... they are all this way, everyone I have seen so far has looked like pure sh!t inside!?

Manfred wrote:

mirosol wrote:Well, it doesn't sound bad at all and the EQ works well. It gets amazingly close to HM-2/HM-3 territory with a design that's 1/6 in size. I would say it's a "ProTone" tonewise, not saying anything about the build quality. The low and mid pots have their lugs 1 & 3 simply soldered against each other. That's something i would never do myself...

Aren't nearly all boutique pedals like this? Slight adaptations on other designs and many with slightly or more sub-par design and build quality? I see nothing weird about that as the whole world is doing it. Some are selling TS's for $600, so ProTone Pedals are a bargain. Besides, cloning this in 1590B with a neat build would definitely have more user value than the original..

One more thing about the pink "resistor". It's daylight now and those two first bands could be grey-grey.. or blue-blue.. instead of green. If it really was just a resistor, those bands would indicate value of 8.82k. Which means that it wouldn't read 165k on a meter in any possible scenario. And that would also mean that there's no cap between 2N5088's collector and distortion control's ground.

I had have I closer look at the pink one on the shot now, you are right, the bands are grey, grey, orange, black, braun,
this results in a 883 Ohms resistor with 1% tolerance. It doesn't make sense but for baffle the viewer.

mirosol wrote:Huge thanks for the footwork on the cap and for drawing the schematic. I had a weird feeling about the pink thing as it looked like a resistor, acted like a cap and if it were just a resistor, there would have been a real issue with the circuit function.

I'm drawing a stripboard layout asap So one more time, Thanks!

mirosol wrote:That'll deserve its own outing thread I'll buy one as soon as i see one for cheap enough.

If you are interested in doing the same magic to any of my other pedals, just drop me a line I'm running a blog on my personal collection at http://mirosol.kapsi.fi - Most of them are current production cheapos, but still..

Anyway. Back to business. Here's my stripboard layout for the Body Rot 2. It'll fit easy in 1590B with five pots. And this one won't have pot lugs soldered against each other... I tend to have two wires in a single hole if needed, so that's why the layout is as it is. Currently unverified.

andregarcia57 wrote: There is a cut in the 100ohm resistor?

Manfred wrote:ProTone Pedals Body Rot II is a Distortion Maximus clone with some mods and millenium bypass.

BodyRotII_Schematic.JPG

chriscustom wrote:

Manfred wrote:ProTone Pedals Body Rot II is a Distortion Maximus clone with some mods and millenium bypass.

The attachment BodyRotII_Schematic.JPG is no longer available

So it will be correctly.
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andregarcia57 wrote:one question ... can I use 1mA in volume? and 2.5k instead of 2k?


-Distortion 100K log
-Low 50K lin
-Mid 2.5k in place of 2kb
-High 25K lin
-Volume 1ma in place of 50ka